Cogan,Alma Ultimate CD

Britain's singing sweetheart was the 1950's best selling female recording artist. She was as comfortable singing a ballad as she was singing bossa nova or pop rock. Her hit recording of "Bell Bottom Blues" in 1954 started a string of hits that would be unparalleled. Later after the hit streak, she would throw all night parties in her Kensington Street home that made her fodder for gossip columnists, but it didn't faze her. Her guest list included all the British celebrities of the day, including Sir Noel Coward, Ethel Merman, Lionel Bart, Burt Bacharach and a young Sir Paul McCartney. It was that friendship that led to her recording several Beatle tunes which are included on this collection. Sadly, cancer took her at the end of the '60's and you can bet that she might even have recorded a Hendrix tune had she been given the chance.

1. Bell Bottom Blues 2. I Can't Tell a Waltz from a Tango 3. Dreamboat 4. You Me ; Us 5. That's Happiness 6. I Love You Much Too Much 7. Under the Apple Tree 8. Twenty Tiny Fingers 9. Lizzie Borden 10. Love Is 11. Fly Me to the Moon (Bossa Nova Version) 12. Jada 13. Hold Your Hand Out You Naughty Boy 14. Banjo's Back in Town 15. Never Do a Tango with An Eskimo 16. Hernando's Hideaway 17. To Be Worthy of You 18. Give a Fool a Chance 19. Last Night on the Back Porch 20. Getting Ready for Freddy 21. Sugartime 22. Why Do Fools Fall in Love 23. Help 24. Eight Days a Week 25. Eight Days a Week